Yearly Archives: 2013

Apple may lose right to iPhone name in Brazil

A decision about whether Apple can continue to use the iPhone name in Brazil will be released this week. On February 5, the Brazilian...

Chile sets Asia-Pacific (APT) standard for 700 MHz band

The Chilean secretary of telecommunications (Subtel) has set technical rules for the use of the 700 MHz band. The formal declaration is the first...

Cellcom, Bluegrass get in on shared data

Sensing a demand from consumers, rural carriers have begun to offer shared data plans pioneered by their larger rivals. Cellcom and Bluegrass Cellular now...

Ofcom moves to unleash 3G spectrum for ‘4G’ services

U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom is looking to free up current spectrum bands reserved for 3G services for the deployment of “4G” services. The proposed...

Clearwire continues to evaluate options; Sprint Nextel senses victory

Clearwire appears to be leaning towards an outright acquisition by current parent company Sprint Nextel, though noted that it was still reviewing options. The...

Test & measurement financial results: National Instruments, JDSU, Anritsu

Amid increased demand for test and measurement equipment for LTE networks, three companies in the testing space reported solid results. National Instruments announced record annual...

Worst of the Week: ‘Eh’ for effort

Sometimes it’s not even worth getting out of bed in the morning. Unless someone has made breakfast for you, and that breakfast includes bacon, but that’s another story.

RCR’s top 5 videos for January

Device demos from CES 2013 were our top videos for January. Google's Nexus 4, Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1, ZTE's Grand S, and Broadcom's LTE...

Verizon Wireless sweetens prepaid smartphone plans

You know the prepaid space is getting competitive when it draws a change from postpaid stalwart Verizon Wireless, which today tweaked its prepaid smartphone...

Broadcom demos NFC-enabled products at CES 2013

Broadcom's Mohamed Awad shows how the company's NFC solutions power Google Wallet and enable transfer of content between devices. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maVx9UAc_N4

Broadcom demos new LTE modem

Broadcom's Lars Johnsson shows how the company's newest LTE modem will use space, power and spectrum more efficiently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4hdoOiryQ

ZTE Grand S demo

ZTE's Grand S, winnner of the 2013 iF Design Award, is the thinnest smartphone on the market according to the company. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EQtmje6jz4

Frost & Sullivan: To innovate, carriers should anticipate next mobility level

Dorman Followwill, partner and director at Frost & Sullivan, highlighted six platforms of visionary innovation during the company’s GIL 2013 Latin America event in...

Time Trippin’: MetroPCS early lead in auction; 3G testing imperative … 8 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to...

Mexican Axtel closes sale of 883 towers to AMT for $250 million

Mexican telecommunications company Axtel has closed the sale of 883 telecommunications sites for approximately U.S. $250 million to American Tower Corporation, through its subsidiary...

Syniverse trials accelerate LTE roaming

Syniverse Technologies spent much of 2012 conducting LTE roaming and interconnect trials with seven tier-one wireless operators around the world, and the company said...

As malware goes mobile, enterprises rethink strategies

Android malware encounters grew 2,577% during 2012, according to Cisco's 2013 Annual Security Report. Malware, software designed to damage a system or to steal...

Ericsson sees networking rebound; CFO discusses outlook

Shares of Ericsson (ERIC) are up more than 10% this morning after the world's largest telecom equipment maker beat analysts' expectations for the fourth...

Verizon Wireless to offer Square Mobile m-commerce device

Verizon Wireless is getting more intimately involved in the m-commerce space, announcing today plans to begin selling Square’s card reader. The carrier said the...

Carriers adopting DNS for security and network optimization

The domain name system (DNS) was created 30 years ago to make the Internet simpler to use and more controllable. It has evolved to...

Brazil’s TIM and Vivo test NFC for mobile payment

Two major telecom operators in Brazil announced that they have started trials using near field communication (NFC) technologies for mobile payments.  TIM has partnered...

Cox launches Wi-Fi hotspots in Virginia

Cable television giant Cox Communications unveiled a Wi-Fi network for its high-speed Internet customers covering portions of northern Virginia. The service will be available...

RIM changes name, launches new devices

After months of speculation about its chances for survival, Research in Motion made it clear today that RIM will not be around much longer...

Analyst Angle: Mobile NFC – The hype and the potential

Mobile near field communication is a hot topic today, with a variety of players gearing up to enter NFC payment, loyalty and couponing, and advertising markets. Mobile NFC widens the possibilities

Mobile ranked second on CIOs’ priority lists

Mobile technologies ranked second among CIOs' top 10 technology priorities for 2013. The first priority was analytics and business intelligence solutions, according to the...
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